The cold and rainy conditions didn’t stop families and friends with New Year’s resolutions from coming out to hike at Lucky Peak State Park.
People were able to enjoy a guided tour by ranger Nels Rasmussen as he informed the walkers about the plants and animals in the Boise River canyon below the dam at Sandy Point and the Discovery unit.
Check out the video to see families go on their first hike of the new year.
Kicking off the New Year with First Hikes at Lucky Peak State Park
“It’s a little less busy because it’s not summer, but the main things we are going to be looking at are the birds,” said Rasmussen. “We saw some mergansers, some great blue herons, hopefully we will see a bald eagle that is living up here, and we see a lot of squirrels. That’s always a fan favorite.”…